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By Mat Barrett

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Friday, Aug. 7

Aug 7, 2020 | 9:53 AM

Harvest operations have just started in some portions of the province.

The latest crop report is showing the warm weather helped crops progress, and most farmers are estimating their crops are at the normal development stage.

However, there was minimal rain across the province this week, and it would be welcome for the cereals and pulses in the seed filling stages.

That warm and dry weather has also resulted in reduced pasture growth in many areas.

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Two wet growing seasons, four years apart, have contributed to root rot appearing in some pea and lentil crops.

Sherrilyn Phelps is the agronomy manager with the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers said there are some similarities to certain fields.

“The one factor that we are noticing with a lot of these fields that are really bad this year is a lot of them did have either peas or lentils in 2016,” she said. “So four years, which is a good rotation, under normal circumstances, but the problem was in 2016, it was another wet year. So, a lot of these fields did have signs of root rot initially, but just in small patches. Then going back in and seeding a susceptible crop, and getting another wet year, it just seems to be like dynamite.”

Aphanomyces combined with fusarium sharply reduces yield. Phelps says the plants won’t be taking in water or nutrients and could die prematurely.

She says Root rots are being found in a number of areas.

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